Frecklewonder

whoopsie

i didn't mean for things to get so quiet around here, i promise! i've just been hard at work packaging orders and haven't had much time to write! today i am processing all international orders, so if you are one of those folks, keep a lookout for an email from me with your shipping information. everyone else who is in the states should have already gotten (or will get today) your shipping notification with delivery confirmation number. most packages are already out the door and on their way to you. thanks again so much, everyone!

i would love, love to get some pictures of you guys- so if you aren't feeling too shy, please snap a pic of yourself (or your house, your kiddo, etc) in your new frecklewonder goodie, and maybe i can start up a new blog category of freckle folks sharing their goods! whaddya say? pretty please??? i would love to see you.

things are about to get quiet again around here for the next week, we are expecting some special guests to arrive late sunday night and they will be here for a week. we'll be busy entertaining and taking day trips, but i promise some pics on the flip side.

other than that, i have been busy enjoying these final couple weeks of summer with my favorite little people. henry and i picked up some school supplies the other day, which sort of threw us both a bit. it's too soon!

 

 

 

hope the day is treating you well. xo

more to come

hi guys. hope monday is treating you well. it's totally a mile a minute over here, but it's good. i'm getting tons of stuff done, prepping another huge round of stuff to hit the site- but i have to take a break. i have been on the computer non-stop. and also, i have to do a few things around the house like water my garden before my tomatoes absolutley choke. the sun is beating down on them right now, i can almost hear their cries for a drink.

i will be back later on this evening with oodles of goods for the kiddos. and a few more bundles of fabric. here's a peek:

gigantic stack of overalls

 

really, really cute ones like this.

 

plus some cute vintage fabric bundles that you fabric junkies are sure to love.

 

dots galore.

 

a personal fave.

 

ok ya'll. enjoy your afternoon. i'll be back this evening. xo!

happy monday!!!

hey, ya'll! in case you hadn't noticed yet, the shop is finally open!! it's been a total marathon, but we managed to get it up and running around midnight last night.

i am so busy today, adding tons more products (mostly of fabric and kids stuff, but still a handful of vintage dresses, purses and such that didn't make their way in last night) but i wanted to pop on to let you know a few things- shop related.

first: if you see some fabric that you're interested and it's already sold, please do not fret. it is likely that i have more where that pattern came from, so shoot me an email, or check back on the site. i am literally updating as fast as my little fingers (and my children) will allow today. lots and lots and lots of typing going on for me. but as i have said before, i have an absolute storage facility full of vintage fabrics, and i am letting a ton of it go. what you see on the site at this moment is equivalent to a needle in a haystack. no joke.

second: to all interested international buyers- i have opened up international shipping once again. seems that the post office has made things slightly easier with their priority mail packaging and pricing scale since i last did this. so here's the deal: if you are outside of the US, please be aware that a separate shipping invoice will be sent to you once your order has been packaged. the shopping cart *will not add shipping charges*. you will be checking out without paying for shipping, but the good news is that i can calculate exact shipping for you depending on your order's exact weight and your location in the world. it's slightly more run-around work for me but i feel that it's worth it so that the shipping cost is fair to both sides. expensive as it may be, i don't want either of us getting burned. sound good? sorry that was so long-winded.

three: KIDS STUFF is coming all day today, so mamas have a look towards the back pages of the shop. i am trying to keep things organized so that if you're specifically shopping for kids, you can see it all in one place. there is a lot in the works, so check in with me periodically- i am posting items 10 at a time.

four. a HUGE THANK YOU to those of you who have already made purchases. these things will be packaged this evening and shipped out tomorrow morning, so you will see them by the end of the week!

that's it for now. back to work for me!!!!! happy monday! xo

ps

i completely forgot to mention: for those of you interested in the small sizes stuff (baby/kid) and/or fabric: you need not worry!!!!!!!!! i have that stuff loaded in and ready to go, i just had a few last minute measurements and descriptions to write up and wanted to post that stuff as a group, rather than stragglin' in.

first thing tomorrow morning, i will get that stuff posted to the shop. a happy monday morning, indeed!

it's 1 am my time, so i'm throwing in the towel. gotta get a bit of rest so that i can be of some use tomorrow.

lots of love! thanks for being so excited!!! xo

summer lovin'

partly because i'm delirious (because it's after midnight and i've been on the computerz all day long!), and partly because i just absolutely love the movie grease, but here ya go anyway.

we are minutes from reopening the shop. my hands have been attached to my laptop for days. at least it feels that way. i actually had a cramp in my thumb earlier from so much trackpad action.

anyway. i digress. enjoy the videos. i can remember being a little girl and just singing these songs so much, and saying things like, "keep your filthy paws off my silky draws" and thinking it meant dresser drawers.

john travolta = genius.

gearing up

working hard over here, folks. i'm on my laptop, hubby is on his. all you can hear is the click-click, tap-tap of the keys. we've been hard at work all day here, and it's really coming together. all products are loaded and ready to go. just doing some de-bugging, and last minute things.

wanna see more pictures of what'll be in the shop? head on over to my flickr and have a look. i added a buncha stuff today. 

i was going to post pictures here, but then i realized i'd end up spending a half hour re-cropping images i've already cropped because the blog dimentions are different from the shop dimensions. no time for such things right now! you'd rather the shop be open asap, right? we are shooting for tonight, won't likely be before 9 or 10. but so long as all goes well (and paypal cooperates, which, i know, is asking A LOT) it'll be ready and waiting for you when you rise and shine tomorrow am.

in the meantime: some pictures from our weekend:

 

 

 

back soon, my friends! lots and lots of great stuff to come!!!!!

xo

around the house

 

it's been a busy week here! lots of running around getting stuff done, knocking things off the list. you know the one- meetings, appointments, etc, that somehow get pushed back and ignored for far too long. definitely feels good to take care of some of those things, and i always wonder why it took so long when it really ends up not being all that bad after all.  i wish i could say that things will be quiet for the weekend, but i know that i'm going to be working like a madwoman to wrap up the summer shop. which, btw, is coming along rather nicely. i have been knocking out computer work every night after the kids go to bed. all product images were uploaded to the site last night, and today i am working on typing up descriptions. so they're in there, folks! it's happening! tonight though, it's harry potter. oh, i have been waiting.

other than that, i have been spending much of my time just following dotty around the house, in and out of rooms, in circles around the kitchen and living room. she's so fast- and wants to be everywhere, seeing everything, picking up anything along the way. and once she's lost interest in one thing, she just drops it where she's standing at that very moment and moves along. so i am constantly picking up this and that and kind of fighting a losing battle of keeping things in their place. she's full of questions right now too. it's just about the cutest thing, i will try to get a little recording. almost everything she says ends in a high pitched question mark kind of way. "day, yaaaa? doooy yaaaa? naaaaa? aaaaahhh? ayeee yaaaa?" and so on.

once again, henry has been bitten by the lego bug. he has these phases, where he is just absolutely sumberged in lego land for weeks on end. building things all day long. and then, out of no where, he'll just pack 'em up and lose interest for a while. he's been spending some pretty quiet mornings back in his room, just humming and building. lost in his own little world. that must be pretty nice- to not really have any care or concern about anything else but that thing that is right in front of you- and to be so in the moment. just peaced out. oh to be a kid.

wishing you a happy friday! i hope to be back at least once more today, if all goes well.

xo!

totes, handbags, clutches, and pouches

oh my!

part of the summer collection, which is getting close, my friends!!!

 

 

 

fabric lurve

presenting (just a few) of the patterns that will be available sooooooon. soon, people. soon. i have been squeezing in as much time as possible to finish up these last photo edits, and will be knocking out all the measurements + descriptions tomorrow, friday, and saturday. and the big hope is that the site will re-open on sunday. wooot!

until then, i will be posting some peeks for you to feast your eyes on.

 

 

 

 

a summer garden

because i will want to look back on this in the dead of winter:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

our gardens have exploded. after such a great spring season of rain, rain, rain that really lasted through early summer, it's basically a jungle out there. and it hasn't been too insanely hot, which is just strange for this area- but do you think i am complaining? um, no.

we have several vegetable gardens in different spots in the yard this year- at the front door we have tomatoes, peppers, basil and herbs, all of which are so happy as it gets every bit of the sun that the day has to offer. the tomato plants out there are almost seven feet tall. insane! i've been loving to just step out the front door when i'm busy in the kitchen cooking something and grab a handful of fresh basil, or a little pinch'a fresh oregano. (remind me to share with you some of the delish and EASY pasta salads i've been whipping up)

there's another veggie patch on the side of the house with yes, more tomatoes (because really, that's what it's all about for me), several varieties of peppers, fennel, beans, and potatoes (which we already harvested). and as a funny little bonus, there are several plants growing in our compost- a couple butternut squash plants, more tomatoes and some corn as far as we can tell.

also, we are doing the upside down tomatoes again this year. over the weekend, i plucked my first handful of red cherry tomatoes from that group.

i'm just so ready for those first heirloom tomatoes to ripen. and the big boys and the early girls and the beefsteaks. oh, gosh.

what about you? you growing anything this summer?